Bernard A Schinman

Bernard A. Schinman, 99 a resident of Dothan passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2017 at a local nursing home.

Funeral services will be held 2pm Monday, July 25, 2016 at Sunset Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Anderson and Chaplin Major John Rollyson officiating.  Burial with military honors will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Robert Byrd directing.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1pm – 2pm Monday.  In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Wounded Warriors.

Mr. Schinman was born February 9, 1917 in Morris City, Canada and he moved to Detroit Michigan at the age of 6 years old.  He resided in Michigan until he was called to active duty during World War II and served in the Aleutian Islands with the United States Army. Mr. Schinman returned to Detroit, Michigan and was an interior decorator in painting and wallpaper for several years. He moved to Miami, FL in 1962 and resided there for 18 years.  Mr. Schinman then relocated to Jasper, AL, living there for 20 years until moving to Dothan in 2000.   He was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife of 74 years Violet Jean Schinman; his sons, Gary B. Gail Schinman, Richard L. Lois Schinman; his daughter, Kathleen A. Mike Richardson; 7 grandchildren, Jennifer Tommy Yeager, David Nicci Schinman, Michelle Patrick Wilder, Dawn Garrick Barnett, Josh Tacita Richardson, Tim Amy Richardson and Mark Richardson; 12 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.